Marie Jourdren
Creative Director
Luxury. Culture/Art. Experiences.

Luxury. Culture/Art. Experiences.

Suzume — Studies

PERSONAL WORK, PHOTOGRAPHY & AI ART DIRECTION — 2026

WORK.

This editorial study explores the suzume — the Japanese sparrow — across multiple visual traditions. Through naturalist illustration, blurred photography, botanical textures, vertical typography, and paper-like compositions, the project builds a delicate visual language inspired by Japanese books, seasonal observation, and the aesthetics of silence. The suzume becomes a starting point for exploring memory, nature, the passage of light, and the discreet presence of life. Each image is a translation into a world the subject never inhabited. No image is real. All of them are true.

PHOTOS — SOURCES.

MUSIC

PHILIP GLASS

CIRCUS DIRECTION

TILDE BJÖSFORS (CIRKÜS CIRKÖK)

VISUAL DESIGN

MAT COLLISHAW

LIBRETTO

DAVID HENRY HWANG, AFTER ROBERT LAX

SET DESIGN

CHRISTIAN FRIEDLÄNDER

SET CREATIVE AND TECH CONSULTING

MARIE JOURDREN

PRODUCTION

PONT-NEUF